TOBACCO.
According to the statistics compiled from official records, our imports of tobacco and cigars for the last five years have been as follow:-
So that we have expended upwards of r; one million sterling during the five years embraced above, upon articles which experience has shown might be advantageously raised by ourselves.— "Melbourne Argus, June il, 1.862. If•« experience has shown""''lbat3ls ( isßZ. 12*. might be saved annually, were Victdria 'to grow ber own tobacco, it has also shown '• that the use of this pernicious weed "lies at the foundation, of some of the most virulent maladies which afflict mankind, making -inroads on the physical and mental constitution." The inference consequently Is, that neither Victoria nor any other country should encourage its growth* all indeed should unite in denouncing an article, the use of which, the best physicians tell us, is poisonous, and engenders hypochondriasis, heat affections, lunacy, and many filter diseases.
Tears. Estimated Talne 1 Tobacco. Estimated value Cigars. ! 1857 | J858 j 1839, ; 48G0 . . £235,908 . . 77,346 . . 432*281 * . 213,243 . . 430,072 . . £76,521 . . . 73,209 . . . 57,537 . . . 26,393 . . . 23,213 Total. £808,820 I £$56,873
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 13, 20 August 1862, Page 20
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179TOBACCO. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 13, 20 August 1862, Page 20
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